When Andy Christie slides into the low‑slung seat across from the laptop screen in an office at the StoneX Stadium, the clock has ticked past 8.35pm on Saturday. The first impression is surprise when he fills the screen because, even at a shade over 6ft 2in and 16st, he isn’t the biggest of back-rows. Less surprising is that the Saracens and Scotland flanker looks a bit shattered.
Over the course of a week, he has flown up to Edinburgh for a pre‑Six Nations camp, flown back, put in a man-of-the-match performance for Saracens in their 40-22 win against Exeter, dealt with multiple interviews, and is now slurping an unappetising looking beige recovery drink before jetting off to Alicante first thing in the morning.
